The 6bone is an IPv6 testbed to assist in the evolution and deployment
of IPv6, the next generation Internet network layer IP protocol often referred
to as IPng (see the "Case for
IPv6"). These pages provide overview and operational information
about the 6bone, and tell you how to join the
6bone. The 6bone operates under the IPv6 Testing Address Allocation
of Experimental RFC 2471,
allocated by the IPv6 effort of the IETF.